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Studio Restored

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    During the summers '06-'07 David Rubin lovingly restored this old barn. It was beautiful as a shingled structure but David has prolonged its life, given it a new sheen and made it weather tight so that my stored art work is safe.

Japan: Journey 2006

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    These photos give a few glimpses of my 2006 visit to Japan. My visit to an artist's studio in Kyoto where indigo dying was taking place was one highlight of this journey.

Influence of Ink, Stone and Wood

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    One image from the series, "A Season of Changes" welcomes you into this album. Other images from The "Seasons" series follow. A image called "Transformations" is inserted to introduce the notion of text and image entertwined, a continuing theme in much of my work. Two sumi ink drawings in this album were created in August '05 with the 60th anniversary of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on my mind. A common characteristic of all the images in this album are the shared influence of Japanese art on my sumi ink drawings, watercolors and woodcuts. NOTE: The link at the top left of each photo album page will take you back to the weblog where you can select another photo album or another post.

Skylit Space

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    Many visitors to my studio know the barn behind my house with its weather beaten brown shingles, mural of flying birds, and a stretch of scruffy grass, between house and barn. Since 2002 a second work space at the top of our house has been added. This space is the "Skylit Space" where watercolor, cut paper and other new work emerges. The rugged barn is not forsaken. It too is being updated with snug windows and new barn-red siding. Woodcuts, stencil paintings, etchings emerge from the barn aided by a large French American Tool press that is its centerpiece. NOTE: To leave this album and return to the weblog, click on the link in the grey bar at the top any photo album page. Once back at the weblog you can chose another "Album" or another "Post"
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September 21, 2008

Art and Public Health Care Policy

Poster_journal_2 Health_care_journal_poster_2I'm pleased to call attention to the long life of my "Sticks and Stones" poster, originally created in the 70's and still in wide circulation. It is included in the Journal of Public Health Policy Volume 29, #3 2008

September 04, 2008

Sounds of the City

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Detail from "Sounds of the City," a floor cloth, (stencil design on canvas), created for Thelma in Brooklyn, NY. I'm experimenting with abstract shapes as narrative elements in paintings and illustrations.

July 17, 2008

Summer '08

Star_2_whole_copyWorking on picture-stories about seasons and stars and children and animals.

June 10, 2008

Cello in June

June_cello_copy_2Haydn London Trio #1, Boccherini Sonata for two cellos and music for eight cellos have preoccupied me for the last few weeks.  The music is entering my images. Examples to follow.

May 12, 2008

May Harbinger

Harbinger_smallclick on the image to enlarge it. May is Open Studio time in Newton.  I am hard at work on images for publications and so I invite you to visit my studio "virtually."   Please feel free to browse my on-line artist's journal entries to see some of my current work.  And contact me through my website, (www.ellyrubin.com), if you'd like to see more watercolors, woodcuts or artist's books. I'll be delighted if you also check the other features of this blog which I update periodically.


March 23, 2008

Blind: Seeking Shelter 1937

An exhibition of handmade books which interpret the theme "Shelter" will be on view April 10-22 '08. This exhibit will include a book I made using a Braille printing plate as the cover.  This book contains within its hinged metal cover, an immigration document for Joseph Leonard, my uncle who was blind.  Joseph Leonard was a pianist and composer. He was provided "shelter" in the U.S.A by his brother, Alfred Leonard, and by well known musicians who vouched for him as a skilled performer. This combined support helped him to escape Nazi Germany and to immigrate to America in 1937.  Below is a image of the book that will be on exhibit at the Yamawaki Art and Cultural Center, Lasell College, Newton, MA. The official exhibition Opening will be held 4-7PM April 10, 2008.

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March 12, 2008

Towards a picture book

Here are preliminary illustrations for a picture book in progress:

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January 13, 2008

A Sea of Voices

In this post I am highlighting my art work on the cover of "A Sea of Voices," a collection of poems by women poets in Israel.  This book was edited by Marjorie Agosin and will be available as of summer 2008.  Below is a picture of this book which is to be published by Sherman Asher, Sante Fe, New Mexico.
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November 22, 2007

Virtual Studio Open House

Red_stroke_womanI've chosen this calligraphic drawing of a woman to represent my current work in progress.
This image together with two other November '07 posts and new photo albums, will collectively give you a feeling for my on-going interest in narrative art.  Comments are welcome.  Click to enlarge this and all images.

November 16, 2007

Work in Progress: Homage to GEGO

Years ago I met the Venezuelan artist GEGO (Gertrud Goldschmidt, 1912-1994).  This year I saw the retrospective of her work at the Drawing Center in New York.  I've grown to love the works on paper and the sculptures of this woman who draws with wire and whose work can be both monumental and intimate in scale.  Here  are a few recent works of mine inspired by GEGO's  "Lamina" series.  (click image to enlarge)
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